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The US Secretary of State comments on the American -Russian talks in Riyadh
US Secretary of State: We took an important step today towards establishing permanent peace between Russia and Ukraine We use our global strength to unify countries and the United States want peace and stop killingWe thank Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for hosting US -Russian talks
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Then the American idiot said, he sees nothing wrong with Afghanistan and Iraq giving preference to China in business contracts.
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The American -Russian diplomatic movement gives international momentum to Saudi Arabia
The meeting raises Riyadh's position as a global player ready to contribute to peace and build bridges between the competing international parties.
Wednesday 2025/02/19
Saudi Arabia brings attention
RIYADH - By hosting an unprecedented meeting between US officials and Russians, Saudi Arabia, whose glow for years on the international scene, finds itself at the heart of a global diplomatic activity that enhances its position. Analysts say that Riyadh has benefited from its neutrality in the Ukrainian -Russian war, which has been going on for nearly three years.
Analysts note that the meeting of Russian and American officials in Riyadh on Tuesday, to hold talks aimed at giving a payment of relations between Moscow and Washington, and to formally set the basis for negotiations on Ukraine evidence of this.
"It is a great success for Saudi Arabia," Saudi government adviser Ali Al -Shihabi told AFP. That the two superpowers come to Riyadh to settle their differences and a long -term conflict like the war in Ukraine. ” "It is very prominent and emphasizes the soft power of the Kingdom."
Saudi Arabia is a historical ally of the United States in the region. The Kingdom, the largest source of crude oil in the world, works closely with Russia in relation to the oil policy. She presented itself as a potential mediator since Russia has invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Ali Al -Shihabi: It is a great success for Saudi Arabia that the two great powers come to Riyadh to settle their differences
Meanwhile, Riyadh retained a close relationship with Kiev and received Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski more than once, during one of them, the Arab Summit in May 2023 in Jeddah. He also met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last June.
The expert at the "Al -Ahram" Center for Political Studies in Cairo, Rabah Saif Allam, indicates that Saudi Arabia "benefited" from the war in Ukraine, as western countries nearly closer to the request to increase the production of Saudi oil.
"Saudi Arabia benefited from the contradictions and confrontation between the West and Russia in the crisis of Ukraine, especially in the oil file, without losing any of its Western or Russia allies," Allam added.
And she added that Riyadh "has benefited more that it stood on the neutrality in the war and made itself a space for the conflict parties to meet in order to resolve it, not to enhance the confrontation."
In September 2022, Riyadh played a role to release foreign fighters held in Ukraine, including two from the United States and five from Britain.
In August 2023, Saudi Arabia hosted talks on the war that attracted representatives of more than 40 countries, without Russia's participation.
The American -Russian meeting comes on Tuesday, three years after a near -complete freezing of relations between the two countries, and a week before the third anniversary of the start of the Russian invasion, and in the midst of the diplomatic activity raised by the call of US President Donald Trump's phone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, last week, and at the time of escalating The new American administration is its criticism of the traditional US allies of the United States.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkev, joined him.
On the Russian side, Putin sent two veteran negotiators to Riyadh, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and the Kremlin diplomatic advisor, Yuri Ushakov.
◙ The meeting indicates that the Saudi leadership and Prince Muhammad bin Salman in particular have developed a very close and personal friendly relationship with Trump and Putin.
While Saudi Crown Prince and Putin met in Riyadh in December 2023, Trump's first external visit to Riyadh is expected to be. This is also something that happened during his first term.
For Saudi Arabia, this diplomatic movement gives an impetus to its international position. "This is very important from a Saudi perspective because it raises the Kingdom's position in global diplomacy and as a responsible international player ready to contribute to global peace and build bridges between the competing international parties," said Omar Karim.
"This meeting indicates that the Saudi leadership and Prince Mohammed bin Salman in particular have developed a very close and personal relationship with Trump and Putin, and this shows that Saudi Arabia is considered a neutral entity, a friendly and reliable on both sides," Karim added.
At the regional level, Saudi Arabia has been playing an active diplomatic role since the war in Gaza in October 2023. It has hosted an emergency Arab -Islamic summit a month after the outbreak of the war.
On Friday, Riyadh will host a miniature summit to discuss the response to Trump's proposal to transfer the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Jordan and Egypt, with the participation of the leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries alongside Egypt and Jordan. Karim believes that "Saudi Arabia will reap the political fruits of this diplomatic activity."
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President Putin:
I would like to thank the Saudi leadership from the heart, the king of Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi crown prince not only in order to host them to the Russian-American talks in Riyadh and also for their good intention. In the near future, I will call Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally and thank him for what he presented.
I would like to thank the Saudi leadership from the heart, the king of Saudi Arabia, and the Saudi crown prince not only in order to host them to the Russian-American talks in Riyadh and also for their good intention. In the near future, I will call Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally and thank him for what he presented.
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Trump: It is an honor for me to participate in the summit of the future investment initiative
Trump from the summit of the Saudi Investment Future Initiative in Miami: The Golden Age of America has started
Trump the American President: The Saudis have a special place with us and they are the great leaders!!!!
Trump from the summit of the Saudi Investment Future Initiative in Miami: The Golden Age of America has started
Trump the American President: The Saudis have a special place with us and they are the great leaders!!!!
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Al -Falih: America is the first choice for Saudi foreign investments
Saudi Investment Minister Khaled Al -Falih: The Kingdom will build the best artificial intelligence system in the world and our relations with Washington are increasingly powerful20 February 2025
The United States of America is the first option for Saudi investments abroad, and it also leads the countries exporting investments to the Kingdom, according to Saudi Investment Minister Khaled Al -Falih, during the "Future Investment Initiative" conference held in Miami in the United States.
Al -Falih said that 25% of foreign direct investments in the Kingdom came from the United States, noting the role played by foreign companies in Saudi Arabia for nine decades.
Saudi investments in the United States are currently more than 750 billion dollars, according to Al -Faleh. The Kingdom announced its willingness to increase these investments from the public and private sectors, at a value of $ 600 billion in four years, and that increase also includes imports from the American market.
America is a leading investment destination for Saudi Arabia
The Saudi minister added: "With regard to our global investments, when we look at where we are investing, the United States is always at the forefront of a leading investment destination, so we expect the great relationship between America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will increase as we move forward."
Saudi Arabia's possessions of US Treasury bonds were about 136.5 billion dollars last November, while the total bilateral trade in 2023 amounted to 29.7 billion dollars (112 billion Saudi riyals).
The Saudi Public Investment Fund also increased its possessions in many American companies. The data of the third quarter of last year showed that the fund, which runs its value, is close to a trillion dollars, has increased its ownership in American stocks to approximately 27 billion dollars, which is about 6 billion dollars from the second quarter of 2023.
Saudi -American relations
US President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the opening session of the conference, in which he praised the Kingdom's political and economic role, and said: "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a great country, and enjoys a great leadership," noting in particular that Saudi Arabia hosts the talks between US and Russian officials, stressing that "Riyadh did work Great to hold these talks. " He also expressed his "special thanks to the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for hosting these historical talks."
The American President renewed the invitation of companies to invest in his country, and said: "If you want to build the future, go beyond borders, unleash innovations, transform industries and achieve wealth, there is no place on earth better than the current and future United States, under the leadership of the president named Donald Trump." .
For her part, Princess Rima Bint Bandar, the Kingdom's ambassador to the United States, pointed to the durability of historical relations between the two countries, which led to Saudi Arabia playing the diplomatic role in the talks between Russia and America, and said: "We have always been criticized for not taking any aspect, but communication It is the key if you want to progress and develop, "and drew attention to the great influence of the Kingdom in the whole Islamic world.
The conference is the third version held by the Saudi "Future Investment Initiative" in the United States, and this time is held under the title "Investment directed with a goal", referring to the desire of the two countries to enhance joint investments.
New Saudi investments are expected to go to sectors such as technology, defense and energy, with the aim of ensuring the Kingdom's investment goals.
Saudi Arabia's interest in artificial intelligence
In his speech, the Minister of Investment stated that Saudi Arabia will build the best system of artificial intelligence in the world, to attract all players in this sector and application developers, with linking and reaching the least -cost energy sources.
The governor of the sovereign fund, Yasser Al -Ramyan, indicated before the previous conference of the future investment initiative that Saudi Arabia has a very good position to become a global center, not only regional, in the field of artificial intelligence for several reasons, including effective exploitation and low energy cost, along with vast lands, and possessing most technologies in The field of renewable energy as well as fossil fuels. The Kingdom tries to attract 10% of the global demand for the data centers needed to operate artificial intelligence systems.
Al -Falih noted the success of the Kingdom in diversifying its economy and attracting investments since it launched the "Vision 2030", as the number of foreign investors in Saudi Arabia reached 40,000 after they were before the vision of less than 8,000 investors, and foreign direct investment doubled three times during the same period, and Riyadh also attracted around 600 multinational companies to host their regional headquarters after the number was not more than 5 companies.
https://asharqbusiness.com/financing-and-investment/71438/الفالح-أميركا-الخيار-الأول-للاستثمارات-السعودية-الخارجية/
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